Ecclesiastes 3
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.
1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2Tempus nascendi, et tempus moriendi; tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est.
2a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3Tempus occidendi, et tempus sanandi; tempus destruendi, et tempus ædificandi.
3a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
4Tempus flendi, et tempus ridendi; tempus plangendi, et tempus saltandi.
4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi, tempus amplexandi, et tempus longe fieri ab amplexibus.
5a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6Tempus acquirendi, et tempus perdendi; tempus custodiendi, et tempus abjiciendi.
6a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
7Tempus scindendi, et tempus consuendi; tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi.
7a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii; tempus belli, et tempus pacis.]
8a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
9[Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo?
9What does the worker gain from his toil?
10Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.
10I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
11Cuncta fecit bona in tempore suo, et mundum tradidit disputationi eorum, ut non inveniat homo opus quod operatus est Deus ab initio usque ad finem.
11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
12Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua;
12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
13omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit, et videt bonum de labore suo, hoc donum Dei est.
13and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
14Didici quod omnia opera quæ fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum; non possumus eis quidquam addere, nec auferre, quæ fecit Deus ut timeatur.
14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
15Quod factum est, ipsum permanet; quæ futura sunt jam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit.]
15What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
16[Vidi sub sole in loco judicii impietatem, et in loco justitiæ iniquitatem:
16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
17et dixi in corde meo: Justum et impium judicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit.
17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
18Dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum, ut probaret eos Deus, et ostenderet similes esse bestiis.
18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
19Idcirco unus interitus est hominis et jumentorum, et æqua utriusque conditio. Sicut moritur homo, sic et illa moriuntur. Similiter spirant omnia, et nihil habet homo jumento amplius: cuncta subjacent vanitati,
19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
20et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur.
20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
21Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et si spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum?
21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
22Et deprehendi nihil esse melius quam lætari hominem in opere suo, et hanc esse partem illius. Quis enim eum adducet ut post se futura cognoscat?]
22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
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